Ideas for my JEEP room

[DrMoab]

Since we moved into the new house in May the downstairs living area has been known as the JEEP room. I have all sorts of jeep stuff in there. I am stuck though and need some ideas.
I need to make a JEEP coffie table. Anybody have an idea that might make a cool table? I am already using a D35 shaft and stock ten spoke wheel upended for an end table.
I also want to put something on the walls...Paint or something jeep related but I am at a loss. They don't make jeep wallpaper or boarder.
I also am looking for any kind of old jeep stuff....toys,signs,stickers...anything jeep related
Any help here? :banghead:

[Kejtar]

I need to make a JEEP coffie table. Anybody have an idea that might make a cool table?
Talk to Rick Norman about using his rear hatch glass for it :D

[DrMoab]

Talk to Rick Norman about using his rear hatch glass for it :D
Funny. I have a rear glass out of an XJ and tried it...They aren't flat...I can just see my wife everytime someone goes to set there beer down and it rolls away...her :nono: her :lecture:her :twak: me :dunno:

[Kejtar]

her :nono: her :lecture:her :twak: me :dunno:
Whose jeep room are we talking about again?

[DrMoab]

Whose jeep room are we talking about again?
Ha! my room...Her HOUSE

[junkxj]

Maybe a hood from a flat fender would make a cool table. Or maybe a grill from the same with a piece of glass on top to make it flat.Just an idea.

[DrMoab]

Maybe a hood from a flat fender would make a cool table. Or maybe a grill from the same with a piece of glass on top to make it flat.Just an idea.
thought about using four stock coils for the legs and then making a steel frame to weld them too and putting glass across the top. I had a grill out of a cj5 but it just didn't quite work. don't know about a flattie...they might work better

[Blackash132]

you should use the front (lights and grille) from an old cj and put glass on top ... grille and lights facing up.

[GI-John]

Paint the walls rust, or concrete then splatter used oil, and grease for effect.

Have a potpourri burner with gear oil in it for "aromatherapy"

consider an old AMC sign as a wall hanging, or maybe a few tin signs
http://www.menardsigns.com/images/willys.jpg

go to a JY and pry off every type of Jeep plate or script that catches your fancy (old SJ stuff comes to mind) make a shadow box or plaque

frame a few select ads from the past

Ebay has a ton of Jeep memorabilia, the choice is up to your taste and wallet

Edit: I've watched too many of those foo-foo shows :anon:

[RichP]

Make your own wallpaper border, take a bunch of TJ, YJ, XJ, ZJ, WJ and TJ plates, use any plain walpaper border of your choice and use the plates as stamps. Or use wood molding and stick the plates into the molding. For end tables use jeep wheels with circular glass tops. For a coffee table use an old CJ or M151 hood or an [eagle, cover your eyes] old MJ tailgate covered in glass, use shock absorbers for legs.

[Cottontail]

Get an old MT tire with a good treat pattern, roll it in brown paint, then roll the tire across the wall and put tread marks on it. Make 2 perpendicular lines like you drove your jeep across the wall, or "drive" the tire along the top of the wall where it meets the ceiling and use that as your border.
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What about converting a set of XJ tail lights into wall sconces?
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I saw a home remodling show where they converted a room into a police theme. They took the front half of an old police car and out it in the room. Your room may not be big enough to do this with the front of a Jeep, but they put a desk top coming off the dashboard so you could sit behind the windshield and look out over the hood while you work at your desk. Then, after cleaning out the engine compartment they built a box in it and used it for storage.
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Stop at every Jeep dealership that you come across as you travel and pick up their plastic advertising plates, or look up a jeep dealer in each state and call then to ask if they would mail you one of their plates, then "wallpaper" one wall with them.
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You can go to specialty photo places or find them on the internet, that will take one of your offroading pictures and blow it up it big enough to put on your wall as wallpaper.
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That's all I got for now!

[XJClassic]

-seats out of a 5.9 for "theatre" seating.
-CJ,YJ,TJ grill/lights as wall art.
-old & new Jeep ads framed
-pics of your or friends jeeps, or pics of 'wheelin' blown up and framed.
-factory Jeep wheel clock (clock kits are cheap)
-tow hooks for coat hangers..etc.
-shelves for Jeep toys....tons of die-cast out there, ask Ppro
-Quadratec has a bunch of novelty Jeep stuff in their catalog.

I am doing alot of this in my garage...not the theatre though!

[FitchVA]

something like this, but with the i-6 to meet the jeep requirement.

http://www.talking-statues.com/CAR_STUFF/TOY_TM-2193_V8_ENGINE_TABLE.jpg

[Bent]

I'd say for the coffee table, you're going to need to put a pc. of ~1/2/' temp. glass over the top of something. The tail gate off of an old CJ may be a little small. There is also the tail gate off of a J truck or maybe an mj. The mud terrain border sounds cool. You could use the grille off an early CJ 2 or 3 to hang on the wall. Wire it with low voltage lights in the lights.

Good Luck

[RichP]

The MT along the wall sounds like a good idea but I'd make it a bit easier on myself and again use a plain neutral colored border and roll the 'inked' tire along that then install that as a border, otherwise the corners could get interesting :D

Actually if you take a sample to a wallpaper store with a 'sample' of the print you want they will print it up for you and it's not awful expensive that way either.... Then you just have to decide 'do I use 9.50 or 10.50's'... AT's or MT's.

[DrMoab]

The MT along the wall sounds like a good idea but I'd make it a bit easier on myself and again use a plain neutral colored border and roll the 'inked' tire along that then install that as a border, otherwise the corners could get interesting :D

Actually if you take a sample to a wallpaper store with a 'sample' of the print you want they will print it up for you and it's not awful expensive that way either.... Then you just have to decide 'do I use 9.50 or 10.50's'... AT's or MT's.
Its gotta be at least at 10.50 or its not manly enough for me :D

[DrMoab]

Here are some pictures of what I have done so far
http://community.webshots.com/album/198907439OtrSPP
Now I think I want to do a toddler bed for my son TJ(yeah like the jeep I know I am sick)
I want to built him a cherokee bed that the mattress goes where the roof is and make the hood lift up for a toy box. That would be cool.

[RichP]

Here are some pictures of what I have done so far
http://community.webshots.com/album/198907439OtrSPP
Now I think I want to do a toddler bed for my son TJ(yeah like the jeep I know I am sick)
I want to built him a cherokee bed that the mattress goes where the roof is and make the hood lift up for a toy box. That would be cool.

I've seen a wrangler bed before complete with a hinged windshield. Hood up for storage and has pull out drawers under it. Look in kids catalogs, there may already be one.

[Starboard M]

Get an old MT tire with a good treat pattern, roll it in brown paint, then roll the tire across the wall and put tread marks on it. Make 2 perpendicular lines like you drove your jeep across the wall, or "drive" the tire along the top of the wall where it meets the ceiling and use that as your border.

I was going to do that in my room, but my parents wouldnt let me. I was also thinking about doing it to a shirt............ :greensmok

[XJJPR]

Why not just drive a Jeep thru the wall and park it there. It would make good conversations!


hinkley

[jeepguy97]

Why not just drive a Jeep thru the wall and park it there. It would make good conversations!

Perhaps not quite that extreme, but why not get the front half of an old willys or CJ and bolt it to the wall or just have it comming out onto the floor. Sort like those VW bugs at Hard Rock cafes.

[DrMoab]

Perhaps not quite that extreme, but why not get the front half of an old willys or CJ and bolt it to the wall or just have it comming out onto the floor. Sort like those VW bugs at Hard Rock cafes.
ever see the monster house where they build the safari house? They built an entertainment center out of an old land cruiser. IT had a plazma tv that lifted out of the windshied area. Then the grill folded down and thats where all the electronics were. I would love to do that to an old jeep.

[Yucca-Man]

Now I think I want to do a toddler bed for my son TJYup, I think you're onto something here:
Xavier Joseph
Yolanda Jean
Zelda Joann...and the list goes on...

[DrMoab]

Yup, I think you're onto something here:
Xavier Joseph
Yolanda Jean
Zelda Joann...and the list goes on...
Acutally his name is just TJ...
we tried to think of all the XJ names but you know...there just aren't many.
We thought of Xavier Jose but we don't really have the right national background for that one. :D

[red91]

-seats out of a 5.9 for "theatre" seating.



Wagoneer seats? oi !

For the jeep room you need BEER!

[red91]

Yup, I think you're onto something here:
Xavier Joseph
Yolanda Jean
Zelda Joann...and the list goes on...


I was thinking Yucca Jerome.

[JeeperG]

Not the living room but the bathroom down there I was thinking we could put a urinal in it get rid of that White toilet and get a Black or Chrome one.

[XJClassic]

Wagoneer seats? oi !


Sorry... ZJ 5.9 Ltd.

[RichP]

Acutally his name is just TJ...
we tried to think of all the XJ names but you know...there just aren't many.
We thought of Xavier Jose but we don't really have the right national background for that one. :D

Might get him some minority points when applying for college. Wife had a girlfriend who did that, could not get into the college she wanted till she changed her last name from her divorced father 'McConnel' to her stepfathers name 'Sanchez' she got right in. Whatever it takes...

[DrMoab]

Not the living room but the bathroom down there I was thinking we could put a urinal in it get rid of that White toilet and get a Black or Chrome one.
thanks for the back seat!. I want to finish that bathroom so I can put more stuff in there. Already got the wifes OK to tackle TJs room and turn it into a Jeep bedroom.
Maybe I should have Moster House come in and just to a whole jeep house.
As far as that seat goes. I might make a wooden replica of a wranglers back end. Use the tail lights and all and then turn that seat around and face it backward...Make a YJ love seat out of it.
My tire tread stencils should be here tomorrow or the next day...Going to have tire tread running up one wall over the ceiling and down another wall.
Trying to buy some old mid-60s Corgi toy jeeps...the FC-150s off Ebay but man they want alot for them. Some are around 80 bucks!.

[Yucca-Man]

Might get him some minority points when applying for college. Wife had a girlfriend who did that, could not get into the college she wanted till she changed her last name from her divorced father 'McConnel' to her stepfathers name 'Sanchez' she got right in. Whatever it takes...I went to high school with a gal like that; her lineage was more Irish than my own, but the Ramirez family name passed down through her father was all she needed to get major bonus points into schools. :flame:

[red91]

Sorry... ZJ 5.9 Ltd.

I kinda like the old Full size cherokees better...

[DrMoab]

I kinda like the old Full size cherokees better...
Had one of them once...Fun jeep. It was a blast in the mud puddles with that big 401. Hated the gas milage. My father has a 5.9 limited. Nice jeep too. I think the seats would be way more comfortable then the old waggy seats.

[ladywolf]

If you want ideas for a coffee table, try to find 4 cylindrical pieces of hollow glass, then fill them full of dirt, and put a hood on top of them. then you have the dirt look. you can also do it for those lamps and stuff. dirt, rocks, concrete, etc. . . it would look pretty cool, if you could get the mixture right. just my 2.5 cents (have to account for inflation);)

[DrMoab]

If you want ideas for a coffee table, try to find 4 cylindrical pieces of hollow glass, then fill them full of dirt, and put a hood on top of them. then you have the dirt look. you can also do it for those lamps and stuff. dirt, rocks, concrete, etc. . . it would look pretty cool, if you could get the mixture right. just my 2.5 cents (have to account for inflation);)
You know what I thought about doing...I thought it would be cool to build a coffie table that is kind of like a box with no lid...then make a model of Moab red rocks and cliffs and trees in it....Put a couple of toy jeeps in it to make it look like they were on a trail somewhere and cover it with a piece of glass. My biggest problem is I am not very good at working with wood and I havn't found a box that would work good enough.

[JohnJohn]

Since we moved into the new house in May the downstairs living area has been known as the JEEP room. I have all sorts of jeep stuff in there. I am stuck though and need some ideas.
I need to make a JEEP coffie table. Anybody have an idea that might make a cool table? I am already using a D35 shaft and stock ten spoke wheel upended for an end table.
I also want to put something on the walls...Paint or something jeep related but I am at a loss. They don't make jeep wallpaper or boarder.
I also am looking for any kind of old jeep stuff....toys,signs,stickers...anything jeep related
Any help here? :banghead:

I didn't read the rest of the thread<LAZY>. When I parted out my old 88 I had it cut in half just before the B pillar. I was going to mount the cargo area on the wall, then paint a mural on the wall. The XJ would look like it was driving right into my basement wall. Then with the hatch and everything installed I was going to use it as a bar. Hook some lights inside the back hatch that would turn on as the hatch opened. Cut some tires and rim in 1/2, paint a D60 under it on the wall. :D I thought it would look cool.

I ended up nixing the idea, as I had no plans to finish the basement anytime soon and the back 1/2 of the Jeep would be sitting my garage until I decided to do it. I am definitely doing it when I finish the basement...I'll have to spend some time in the junk yard then.

[TRNDRVR]

I know where you can get a LUVMYJP license plate to hang on the wall!!
Just a thought.
Dan.

[DrMoab]

I know where you can get a LUVMYJP license plate to hang on the wall!!
Just a thought.
Dan.
HA! send it send it! I will be sure to add some pics to the ones I have already